[Bug 1434986] Re: Not working network connection after boot

[Dave Rice]

Hi guys,

I too am seeing this on 15.10

USB WiFi dongle is not configured/present in network manager after a
boot.

Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant...
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [    3.270513] usb 1-8: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0015
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [    3.270516] usb 1-8: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:28:34:43
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [    3.270519] usb 1-8: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [    3.270547] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [    3.272672] r8712u 1-8:1.0 wlx944452283443: renamed from wlan0
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <error> [1448816009.248759] [platform/wifi/wifi-utils-wext.c:519] wext_get_range(): (wlan0): couldn't get driver range information (19).
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info>  (wlan0): driver WEXT range request failed
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <warn>  (wlan0): failed to initialize WiFi driver
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <warn>  wlan0: factory failed to create device: (unknown)
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: (NetworkManager:873): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: object NMDeviceWifi 0x117e450 finalized while still in-construction
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: (NetworkManager:873): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Custom constructor for class NMDeviceWifi returned NULL (which is invalid). Please use GInitable instead.
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info>  devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/net/wlx944452283443, iface: wlx944452283443)
Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info>  device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/net/wlx944452283443, iface: wlx944452283443): no ifupdown configuration found.

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